Ben Carson Raised $23 Million This Fundraising Quarter
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson
continues to raise money at an imposing clip, even as support for his
campaign has been falling.
Doug Watts, a spokesman for Carson, confirmed
Wednesday night to NBC News that the campaign raised about $23 million
over the last three months — up from the eye-catching $20.8 million he
raised in the third quarter.
Ben Carson during an interview with The Associated Press in his home in Upperco, Maryland, last week. Andrew Harnik / AP
Watts didn't say how much money the campaign has
directly on hand, but he stressed: "We have more than enough money to
fulfill all our first-stage primary plans."
Carson's fourth-quarter fund-raising total, first reported by Politico, was similar to the nearly $20 million that Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas raised in the fourth quarter, according to an internal memo obtained by NBC News.
But Carson has dropped in the polls in recent
weeks, from leading the Republican field with 29 percent support in a
NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll in late October to just 11 percent by
the middle of this month.
Carson's comments in two interviews last week
were interpreted to suggest that he has been considering major
"personnel changes," leading him to issue a statement saying he had "100 percent confidence" in his team.
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